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Hidden : 6/8/2005
Difficulty:
1 out of 5
Terrain:
4 out of 5

Size: Size: not chosen (not chosen)

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Geocache Description:

Located on the Appalachian Trail north of Roanoke, Va. A challenging 2.6 mile hike (one way) with beautiful views along the way.

Dragon's Tooth consists of spires of Tuscarora quartzite which outcrop on the top of Cove Mountain. The tallest "tooth" projects roughly 35 feet above the surrounding rock. This rock was laid was down as sediment on a sea floor 440 million years ago. It is the same rock which makes up the famous crags of the Shawangunk range in New York State. In the "Gunks", the rock appears in horizontal layers, just as it was laid down on the ancient seabed. In many places like Dragons Tooth, the quartzite layer was literally turned on end by enormous geological forces during the formation of the Appalachian Mountains some 230 million years ago as the Earth’s crust folded upward. The trail to Dragon's Tooth ascends steep, rugged outcrops of quartzite which form the spine of Cove Mountain and North Mountain. The spine is known as Dragon's Back. A difficult hike, Dragon's Tooth summit offers magnificent views of nearby and distant peaks year-round. To log this Earthcache, count the number of rock spires and estimate the angle (from horizontal) of the spires. E-mail this information to me to confirm your visit.

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